Overview
Lecturer
Ioan Lucian Popa
Seminar tutor
Ioan Lucian Popa
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Sociology - Masters
Field of study
Development and management of human resources
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion, exemplification.
Aims
- make the task of learning statistics as easy and painless as possible. - explain how statistical methods can be classified using the same categories that are used to group data structures and research methods
- understanding of the basic concepts underlying a statistical formula - introducing statistical technique that uses the mean and the standard deviation to transform each score (X value) into a z-score, or a standard score
- combine the concepts of z-scores, probability, and the distribution of sample means to create a new statistical procedure known as a hypothesis test
Course contents
1. Data structures, reasearch methods and statistical structures
2. Frequency distribution
3.Central tendancy
4. Variability
5. z-Scores: Location of scores and standardized distribution
6. Hypothesis testing
7. Using t statistics for inferences about population means and mean differences
Learning outcomes
After following these course students will be able to:
• define and operationalize the measurement object and choose the appropriate techniques
• know and apply the steps of selection and analysis of measurable indicators
• know and apply algorithms to construct statistical indicators
• know and apply the techniques and methods of statistical analysis, estimation and interpretation of data, evaluation criteria and procedures for measuring instruments;
• select and apply the most appropriate evaluation methods
• know and apply the techniques fot t test
Assessment
Final evaluation – 50%; Seminar activities – 50%.
Recommended reading
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Frederick J Gravetter Larry B. Wallnau
Wadsworth, 2013
Design and analysis: A researcher’s handbook
G. Keppel
Prentice-Hall, 1973
Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
David C. Howell
Wadsworth Publishing, 2010